Mortar with pestle

This is for crushing or grinding ingredients into powder. Bumbu or curry pastes are often made from soft ingredients. These mortars are made of porcelain, the advantage of which is that they absorb little or no odors. It's easy to clean and you don't have to worry that it can taste like dishwashing liquid.

Which Mortar?

There are different types of Mortar, but which is the easiest for you? The small mortars are often used for quick small actions such as crushing coriander seeds or herbs. The Large mortars are used for making boemboes. For this money, the larger and heavier the mortars, the firmer and easier it is to tamp.

First use

Before use, you should always clean the morters well with hot water and washing-up liquid.

What can you use the morters for?

• Hard things like spices and seeds
• Nuts
• Ginger, lemongrass
• Onion, garlic
• Tamarind